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'Salt and Pepper' Cucumber

'Salt and Pepper' Cucumber

$3.75 Sale

Cucumis sativus

Origin: Freeville, NY (Cornell University Organic Research Farm)

Improvement status: Cultivar

Seeds per packet: ~30

Germination tested 10/2025: 96%

Life cycle: Annual

Bred in the early 2000s at Cornell University by folks like Molly Jahn and Jason Cavatorta, this might just be the cucumber you've long been waiting for. Derived from a cross between 'Boothby's Blonde' and 'Marketmore 76', 'Salt and Pepper' is a phenomenally disease-resistant cucumber with outstanding heirloom flavor. It stands up to Powdery Mildew and Angular Leaf Spot disease, and can produce over a long season. It makes an excellent pickle, but is also wonderful eaten fresh out of hand.

Our seed was grown in Spring Grove, Minnesota by EFN co-founder Dusty Hinz.